All articles from: October, 2010

Core Skills Online – Course Review

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I am studying for my MJDF qualification and I have been lucky enough to attend this superb course organised by Dr Nick Cooper and Dr Anwara Chambers. They hold regular meetings and have created an excellent website which guides you through putting together the folder of evidence you need to demonstrate your knowledge of the core dental subjects. Mersey [...]

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Links

Dental Cosmos http://quod.lib.umich.edu/d/dencos/ Simplant http://www.ctscan.co.uk/products/softwares/simplant_about.html Quintessence publishing http://www.quintpub.co.uk/index.php?modules=content&page=contact_us Clinical Journal of Periodontology http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1600-051X Thermafil instructions Densply http://www.cheshiresmile.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/Brochure_Thermafil.en1_0.pdf

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Pulp Capping

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Keys to Clinical Success with Pulp Capping: A review of the literature by Hilton is an excellent review article on both direct and indirect pulp capping. Operative Dentistry, 2009; 34-5, 615-625 The author indicated several key points that must be considered when evaluating studies on pulp capping. First, clinical pulp capping studies rarely reflect clinical reality.  [...]

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Removing Crowns

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It is often best to remove large amalgam, composite and cast restorations from teeth that are planned for endodontics. Dentistry leaks and cement lutes fail. There is often hidden dental caries beneath repairs. It is necessary to visually assess the amount and quality of remaining tooth tissue in order to determine if teeth are beyond [...]

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7 Endodontic Tips

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A lot of these tips I picked up at the Spring British Endodontic Society Meeting, hey I am a slow typist! 1 Vapour lock This is a potential obstruction for irrigants when a liquid is trying to exchange places with a gas a ‘bubble’ is created at the apex and irrigant exchange does not reach [...]

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Irrigation in Endodontics

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Hypochlorite is the mainstay of the irrigants used in endodontics, ClO-, this is superb at disinfecting root canals. Additional irrigants include EDTA and Chlorhexidine EDTA, Ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid a polyamino carboxylic acid. It is a mild acid and a powerful chelating agent, it is used to remove the smear layer. Chlorhexidine is effective on both Gram-psoitive and Gram-negative bacteria. It has batericidal [...]

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